These Regulations, in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by section 2 of the Health Protection (Ionising Radiation) Act 1995, section 23 of the Interpretation and General Clauses Act and of all other enabling powers, and for the purpose of implementing in the law of Gibraltar Council Directive 96/29/EURATOM, are here setting the necessary prevention and risk evaluation provisions in relation to the public information and emergency preparedness principles as regards the radiation (ionizing radiation or release of radioactive material) emergency, which is here defined as a non-routine situation or event involving a radiation source that necessitates prompt action to mitigate serious adverse consequences for human health and safety, quality of life, property or the environment, or a hazard that could give rise to such serious adverse consequences. The Environmental Agency shall provide to the competent authority, upon request and within such reasonable time as may be specified, a copy of the off-site emergency response plan or such parts of the plan as the competent authority may require. The text is divided into III main Parts 32 Regulations, as follows: Part I (Preliminary): Title and commencement; Definitions; Application; Part II (Hazard identification and emergency response plans): Hazard identification and risk evaluation; Review of hazard identification and risk evaluation; Reports of assessment; Operator’s emergency response plan; Carrier’s emergency response plan; Off-site emergency response plan: Review and testing of emergency response plans; Consultation and co-operation; Charge for preparation, review and testing of emergency response plan; Implementation of emergency response plans; Emergency exposures; Disapplication of dose limits; Prior information to be supplied to members of the public and to be made publicly available; Information to be supplied to members of the public in the event of a radiation emergency.; Part III (Enforcement and miscellaneous provisions): Appointment and powers of inspectors; Improvement notices; Prohibition notices; Provisions supplementary to regulations 19 and 20; Appeal against improvement or prohibition notice; Power to deal with cause of imminent danger; Offences and penalties; Defence; Onus of proving limits of what is practicable etc; Evidence; Civil liability; Application to the Crown; Modifications relating to the inistry of Defence etc; Transitional provisions; Revocation of Regulations. Schedules 1-10 are also part of this publication (Schedules 1-5 are cancelled, 56-10 still in force as February 2019). This text involves the provisions contained in the following documents: Council Directive 96/29/Euratom of 13 May 1996 laying down basic safety standards for the protection of the health of workers and the general public against the dangers arising from ionizing radiation; and Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom of 5 December 2013 laying down basic safety standards for protection against the dangers arising from exposure to ionising radiation, and repealing Directives 89/618/Euratom, 90/641/Euratom, 96/29/Euratom, 97/43/Euratom and 2003/122/Euratom.
Гибралтар (Великобритания) · 2004-09-13